1998 Titleist 975D Driver - The Vintage Golfer 

Binned my 460 cc driver and bought one of these 2 nd hand for £5 on eBay, love it to bits, wouldn’t go back now, such a great sound when you hit it sweet.

Loved this driver,To me it had and has a classic look. Choose it over the Big Bertha . Used is to shoot a 77 at Sawgrass. Still have that score card .

This Was Titleist, understated. Just like the DCI line of irons from the nineties, especially the "blacks". All business to the point of beauty without the makeup. Tigers X100 shafted version, yikes he could crush that thing, along with the Pro Trajectory 3 wood, or PT for short.

I enjoy your videos a great deal! Like you, I'm a "vintage golfer". I only play with equipment produced in the mid 90s to early 2000s. I picked up the sport in late 1999, and, to this day, playing with equipment from that bygone era gives me a feeling of comforting nostalgia. I simply refuse to use anything that came out post 2003. I find post 2003 equipment too futuristic for my taste. I love the 975D driver to death because my golfing hero Tiger (the GOAT) won the "Tiger Slam" with it in his bag. People often mistake my 975D driver to be a fairway wood because of its small clubhead. To me, the 975D is the perfect size, anything over 300cc is unacceptable. Here's what's in my Ping Karsten stand bag currently: Titleist 975D driver, Callaway Steelhead Plus 3-wood, Taylormade raylor 19 degree 5-wood, Maxfli Revolution (Black dot) irons 3-SW, & Scotty Cameron bullseye putter. I still have a box of Titleist Tour Prestige wound golf balls with liquid filled center, but I can't bring myself to use them on the course as I fear I might lose them. And I love wearing baggy polo shirts & pleated trousers & old school "saddle" style shoes, the sort of attire that Nick Faldo & Nick Price wore back in the days. By the way, the cartoonish "protracer" in your videos are simply ludicrous but super hilarious! Please make more videos!

I owned both of those clubs back in the late 90s , still have the 975d , one of my favorites of all times .... not only Tiger but Duvall and Davis Love hit this club as well👍

Bob Vokey i believe helped with this design. Id say passion is there.

I will always own a Titleist 975d and 975J. Great feeling. Heavier but solid and an amazing sound when you hit the sweet spot. I also maintain a Biggest Big Bertha. I’ve owned most of the Titleist and TM drivers but when my game is off I’ll always pull out old faithful.... a 975 :)

I just bought a Great Big Bertha I found at Goodwill, and ordered a Titleist 975D. I absolutely love 90's drivers. Great review.

Had an 8.5 in high school, such a classy club and best club in my bag back then!

Great Video, Had this in 2002 still hit the 975D it's awesome and still hit this 280, I bought the taylormade M2 about 3 years back great club for forgiveness and hit this 280, I have to disagree the pear affect on the 975 as you have the club at address is pure beauty, as apposed to bling, I love the M2 as it was the next gen look but does look like a frying pan.

That was my first Titleist driver and have been hooked on them ever since. My favorite was the 983K which I recently put a new Fulikura Speer shaft in and it is a beast. I recently bought the TSI2 and it is just awesome. If I had to,put one in the bag for a make or break day I go to the 983K

People should try that driver in a 10.5 or 9.5 degree version with a s300 stiff steel shaft. It just feels so solid and heavy in just the right way. All the newer clubs are far easier to hit, but feel like a plastic toy. Most people also do not realize that back then you had to swing it very differently. Nowadays, people just make a quick arm swing like a baseball player, teeing it high up and flicking with their wrist, and being able to get a lot more inside. With this thing, the center of gravity was extremely high, even at that time, and that is why the pros used it, to keep it low like a bullet. I love this driver and the Big Bertha you showed, plus the old Taylormade 540xd and the also now illegal Cobra 430. 4 fantastic clubs.

Love this channel seeing these older clubs i wished I had when I played golf for my high school in the early 2000s and couldnt afford lol

I have to slightly disagree here, I think this Titleist driver looks really good. Titleist has a way of making simplistic and clean looking, gimmick-free clubs that still manage to look elegant. They don't need to add all the bells and whistles and strange features/colors that will look outdated the next year.

got my ol 975D out yesterday and found your vid while looking up a shaft replacement for it. For me, I hit this driver better than anything I've purchased after it (and it is cool that Tiger and other pros sensationalized it). Modern drivers have gotten ridiculously large and the bore-through shaft feels so much better to me. I used to have the Great Big Bertha too...fun times when the golf club industry came out of the dark ages in the early 90s, but now the marketing has become comical - i.e. Callaway's Mavrik "AI technology" - it may very well be good equipment but the price point is just too high ~ "It's the Indian, not the arrow", as they used to say - the 975D suits me fine and is nostalgic for me.

I’m a new golfer and I just bought one for my first set at play it again . If I’m honest I got it because it looked to be in the best shape and it was 13$. I hit it as good or bad as anything else .

Very nice club,I have one on 9.5 with True Temper EI-70 graphite shaft in stiff,also I have the 976R Driver (smaller head,shallower face) with X100 steel shaft (Wow) 9 degree both are beautiful clubs although conservative no nonsense get the job done style.Thanks for your videos keep'em coming.

TGIF!!! Another cool video. I wasn't a Titleist fan back then. At that time I was using my Wilson Invex driver which had a steel rocket shaft in it. I loved that driver! It spanked a golf ball. Pretty cool looking, at least I thought so. Anyway thanks again for this video and the memories. Can't wait til next week.

I just started golfing didnt knowt he history to this golf club i found for 5$. Ended up getting a 975F in a 13.5 to go along with the 975D

Great club. I have one in my bag now (with the stock Titleist Ultralight graphite shaft) along with a 917 D3. Currently I don't game a three wood and use the 975D as secondary option off the tee. I feel super confident with this club and feel like I know what it's going to do. My go to shot with it is a choked down 240 yard punch cut.

This was my first real driver. I wish companies still did the face like this

It was my first really nice driver and have had almost every driver I have owned since has been a Titleist. I loved it when I owned it and mine originally had the Dynamic Gold shaft which was reshafted to a True Temper EI-70 graphite shaft. Unfortunately the Pro V1s came out and that combination of ball and driver didn’t work for me.

Nice video. I have one and have gotten some good drives but frankly it's pretty hard to hit I think. On the other hand I just completed my 905 collection (r/s/t) and I'd happily game any one of them. Plus, one was free and the other two were $20.

I love vintage golfing , your shoe is really cool , I've used a lot of early 80s Clubs plenty of 90s clubs , I'm now collecting vintage drivers , I have this 975D now , hav you done a show with the cobra 8.5 deg gravity back , I hav one of those now as well , I was wanting to see a review on it

I have one and I love it. Still smash it. It’s way better than my more expensive driver.

I still game that driver at times. I have it in a 8.5,9.5,10.5 and 11.5 loft. Great driver but scare the crap out of people because of the headsize.

I still have this club almost brand new passed down from a family member

Heavier clubs make me swing better, where lighter clubs tend to make me want to "hit", if that makes any sense... I have one of these in a 10.5 regular flex factory graphite shaft and I hit it five to seven yards shorter than a modern 460 CC driver but much straighter. The sound off the club face - well it sounds like it means business!

At the end of the day, the 975 is one of the best drivers ever made, X factor or not. I'd put it with the old 1970s Hogan Speed Slot and modem TaylorMade M2

When you're🏌‍♂️hitting flags⛳️ and you still end up in the drink 🏝.🤷‍♂️🏌‍♂️ Low Handicap Problems

Ho Zel, lol. It's Hoz El. But I do feel like I get 'hoed' on my Tee shots sometimes so maybe Ho Zel is a better way to pronounce it. Like your stuff - - keep it up.

Had it new. I can honestly say I only hit 4 good shots and ONE piped to eagle a par 5 and best of all, beat my friend.

i want this only because tiger had the tiger slam with it

I bought a Titleist 975J 8.5º, could you tell me which is the main difference with this one?